Just got back onto here after 2 days of no electricity in the area and then no internet access. Now photos wont load but I have to make contact with you all. I have been asked for happy stories and I will put those but I so want everyone to understand how much difficulty these people have to deal with every day. I have kept the name of this person blank for his confidentiality. So many things have happened that I have not had any time to write and now I feel overwhelmed. One of our older boys had gone to work in a town called Dokolo and kept in regular contact with us but we had heard nothing for 3 weeks and were concerned. We then received a call from a prison officer to say he was in prison. He had worked for 4 months and the company had decided that the 3 people working for them were not needed. No redundancy pay here I am afraid. They went to collect their salaries and 2 were given theirs and our boy was not. The boss began to shout and called the police. There is no asking what is the problem here, police come armed with gas, sticks and guns and are prepared to use them all. If a call is received from a ‘boss’ then they react immediately, of course, they will be paid to do so. Our boy was grabbed and beaten seriously, CS gassed and thrown into a pick up. I have seen this happen here once to an innocent man and went to the police station to give an objection statement, so I know this is not uncommon. Our boy was thrown into the local prison where he was unable to see for over a week with swollen eyes. He slept on a hard floor in a crowded room where they were unable to turn over at night. He had a serious injury from his beating and was therefore in pain. His phone was taken and no one would ring the office for him. He told me he believed he was going to die alone and no one would know where his body was. He says no one heard his tears. They were woken at 6am given watery porridge and sent to the fields to dig from 7am to 2pm without water in this scorching sun. We now know he suffered a broken rib from the beating and he was still forced to dig. When he sat to rest he was beaten and he said to the guards. ‘’If you want to kill me just do it, its better than this suffering’’ His lunch and supper were the same 10 beans in liquid with posho. He says he had to count them every day to believe there was so little. I visited him and took him meat and rice but after he had eaten it he vomited all night as it was too much for his stomach. We met with his family and it was agreed that we should try to get him out as soon as possible. Bail should be free here but as my staff went they were forced to pay almost £50 in bail money. All of which was corruptive. It was not charity money I paid it myself but am struggling as I vowed never to be taken by corruption. However, the pain of this boy was too much and he had to be rescued. He is now staying with me to recover emotionally and physically. Today he was awake at 5am and I sat with him for an hour counselling and feeling his pain. He came out to find that his sister was pregnant and the man has run away, she is HIV positive and was in hospital with serious malaria. His sister in law was seriously ill in hospital, his older brother had returned from the army and was just at home with his wife getting drunk every day and not helping the family. Life is not easy here and this story is not unusual. He will be ok with reiki, love and understanding. He is desperate to dig the garden to help but I am banning him and he has been promoted to painting. Today he is head cook, cooking beans for our supper which we sorted together as we sat, this morning. He is struggling with what he wants to do to this man for causing such pain but all will be well, my staff are amazing and are supporting him completely. His 15 minute hugs before he goes to bed are helping him too. It is a free gift we can all pass to help heal pain.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 12:47:19 +0000
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